ecoFINISH aquaBRIGHT longterm review
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I also recommend Paradyme Coatings. They did a great job with my pool.
STLPool2017 I'm so happy for you that you are finally getting all this resolved.
sktn77a
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Just an update as I approach the end of my first season: The pool is amazing. I do very little to it. Backwash every other week, robot once per week. Stabilizer here and here but for the most part, no work at all. Ecofinish is behaving as advertised. No issues. No cracks in the floor or the wall and the pool equipment seems to be functioning perfectly. I guess the real test will be after the first winter but so far I have high hopes. I have a Hybrid pool with concrete floor and Composite walls. Working perfectly at this time.
Lisabdou
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What color Aquabright did you choose? I’m building now and trying to decide between Med Blue or Lagoon Blue. Hard to pick!
Paradyme is also who we used on this 4th finish attempt. They are coming out today to see if they can resolve the rest of the issues we have. Still looks like a repaired pool even though we had it sandblasted down and plastered. I feel like it should look new after all that. Lots of areas where the finish isn't at the edges of the tile or the cleaning heads. A few lumps of finish here and there. But mostly frustrating, where a crack was repaired after the plaster was on, it still looks cracked.
First post here. I'm in Central Ohio. Broke ground in the fall of 17 on a new build and completed in spring of 18. Pool is a hybrid pool - Concrete Floor/Alpha Evolution fiber-reinforced composite panels/walls. Was sold on the durability, maintenance free, indestructible attributes to AB/Ecofinish. Started noticing flaking towards the end of summer last year. This summer has been a mess with peeling/flaking. I don't know what their plan is to fix or address, but the builder says that Alpha will be coming this fall to fix and reshoot. This is just after one weekend and what I could collect on the bottom of the pool and floating.....My filter is filled with flakes after vacuuming. 
The pool obviously still has water in it, but you can see the peeling from this picture taken above.....this is the largest section but occurring on bottom and side panels
I don't recall if it was all done on the same day.....it was mid-May as we were swimming by Memorial Day. I know they didn't want to do it below 65 degrees or so, so I don't know what your definition of cold is, but fairly positive it was above 65.
It looks like the second and third layers didn't adhere to the base layer. That's pretty common if the applicator moved too quickly and didn't get the surface hot enough to melt the layers together.
That's a good explanation for the bottom of the pool and can definitely see the base layer there, but the side panels are peeling all the way to the bare wall - mostly on the seams and also at the point where the concrete meets the Alpha panels - peeling off all the way to the epoxy.
Lisabdou
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Lisabdou
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very pretty. I’m thinking I should do that instead of the Mediterranean Blue. The Med Blue is pretty but so much darker. I wish there was an in between.Blue lagoon:
I really like my blue lagoon finish. Will try and attach another photo. The color is darker than I thought it would be but still love it
